On Poetics (and matters of similar tedium)

On Poetics (and matters of similar tedium)

A look at the current literary scene as someone sees it (mainly).

From this side of truth

From this side of truth

From this side of truth
Lies fall twisted at the gate

Sermon

Sermon

I thought at first it was a play, and wondered who would enjoy such stasis and pretension.

Walls

Walls

My legs shake as I climb the 100th step, scan the green-toothed horizon, see grey clouds snake through the unploughed hills of Inner Mongolia.

Let it dance with you

Let it dance with you

A poem that depicts the beauty and the power of the present moment.

A Granddaughter Asks What Makes a Poem

A Granddaughter Asks What Makes a Poem

My poems are like an old man in the park doing slow motion calisthenics.

i did

i did

A meditation on anxiety.

Bastard

Bastard

Two girls took another girl to the woods

A kitchen with no cabinet doors

A kitchen with no cabinet doors

A poem about aging, about feeling that your friends are leaving you behind. An insecure one.

Lost At Sea

Lost At Sea

A poem about someone struggling with depression and can’t find the way out.

Fixation

Fixation

We all know a rut for what it is. It’s easy to be compulsive when depressed.

House Arrest

House Arrest

The Past seemed as real or more than whatever thin present showed its face.

A State

A State

The intersection of politics, commerce, and the American landscape.

Inside Our Skin

Inside Our Skin

A Transformative poem that inspires thought about what freedom means.

Radiation

Radiation

A poem on radiation treatments

this summer

this summer

Covid Summer

Living amid Covid-19

Living amid Covid-19

Living our time with a pandemic.